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N   NAAQS  -  National Ambient Air Quality Standards   NBAR  -  Non-Binding Preliminary Allocation of Responsibility   NCP  -  National Contingency Plan   NEIC  -  National Enforcement Investigation Center   NEPA  -  National Environmental Policy Act   NESHAPS  -  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants   NFRAP  -  No Further Response Action Planned   NIMBY  -  "Not in my back yard" syndrome   NIOSH  -  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health   NOC  -  Notice of Non-Compliance   NOD  -  Notice of Deficiency   Notification  -  EPA requirement that anyone in charge of a vessel or an onshore/offshore facility notify the National Response Center as soon as he has knowledge of a release of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant involving a reportable quantity   NOV  -  Notice of Violation   NOx  -  Nitrogen Oxides   NPDES #  -  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Number. The NPDES # is a 9-digit number assigned to facilities by EPA or the State under authority of the Clean Water Act. It helps regulate waste discharges to water.   NPDES  -  National Pollution Discharge Elimination System   NPL  -  National Priority List   NPR-CA  -  Naval Petroleum Reserve - California   NPR-UT  -  Naval Petroleum Reserve - Utah   NPR-WV  -  Naval Petroleum Reserve - West Virginia   NPRM  -  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking   NRC / National Response Center. A national communication center which coordinates response to spills of HSs and petroleum. CERCLA requires notifying the NRC (1-800-424-8802) in the event of a spill. Also, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.   NRDC  -  National Resource Defense Council   NRT  -  National Response Team. An organization of federal agencies operating under the National Contingency Plan to coordinate response to hazardous incidents and to provide guidance for preparing for emergency.   NRT-1  -  Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Guide. The NRT-1 was created by the NRT as guidance for preparing for and responding to releases of hazardous materials.   NSPS  -  New Source Performance Standardsx   NSR  -  New Source Review   NTIS  -  National Technical Information Service. NTIS publishes many federal documents and reports.   NTP  -  National Toxicology Program   NTS  -  Nevada Test Site   NWPA  -  Nuclear Waste Policy Act   O   O&M  -  Operation and Maintenance   OMB  -  Office of Management and Budget   ORNL  -  Oak Ridge National Laboratory   OSC  -  On-scene Coordinator   OSHA  -  Occupational Safety and Health Act (or Administration). OSHA provides for safe working conditions. It requires MSDS and other precautions for establishments which handle hazardous chemicals   OSWER  -  Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, US EPA   OTD  -  EM's Office of Technology Development   OU  -  Operable Unit   P   PA  -  Preliminary Assessment   Pad GDP  -  Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Project   Pantex  -  Pantex Plant   PCB(s)  -  Polychlorinated Biphenyl(s)   PEIS  -  Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement   PEL  -  Permissible Exposure Limit   PETC  -  Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center   PIN  -  Pesticide Information Network   Pinellas  -  Pinellas Plant   PM10  -  Particulate Matter With An Aerodynamic Diameter Equal or Less Than 10 Micrometers   PMI  -  Pesticide Monitoring Inventory   PMN  -  Premanufacture Notice   PNL  -  Pacific Northwest Laboratory. PNL is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U. S. Department of Energy.   POLREPs  -  Pollution Reports   Port GDP  -  Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Project   POTW  -  Publicly Owned Treatment Works. POTWs treat sewage and other aqueous waste.   PPB  -  Parts per Billion (µg/l)   PPM  -  Parts per Million (mg/l)   PPPL  -  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory   PRP(s)  -  Potentially Responsible Party(ies)   PSD  -  Prevention of Significant Deterioration   Q   QA  -  Quality Assurance   QAPP  -  Quality Assurance Program Plan   QC  -  Quality Control   R   R&D  -  Research and Development   R-T-K  -  Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (or EPCRA or Title III)   RA  -  Remedial Action   RACT  -  Reasonably Available Control Technology   RAO  -  Remedial Action Objective   RAP  -  Remedial Action Plan (or Program)   RCRA ID #  -  RCRA Identification Number. The RCRA ID # is also called the EPA ID.   RCRA  -  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (see HSWA or SWDA). RCRA regulates hazardous waste.   RD  -  Remedial Design   RD/RA  -  Remedial Design/Remedial Action   RDDT&E  -  Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation   Removal action  -  removal action performed at sites by an Environmental Restoration Program Manager (ERPM) for removal actions. All statutory removal limits apply to these actions.   RFP  -  Rocky Flats Plant   RI  -  Remedial Investigation   RI/FS  -  Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study   ROD  -  Record of Decision   RPTA  -  (Illinois) Responsible Property Transfer Act (see also ECRA)   RQ  -  Reportable Quantity. A quantity assigned to each HS and EHS. If an RQ of an HS or EHS is released to the environment, that release must be reported. RQs for HSs are found in 40 CFR 302.4 and RQs for EHSs are found in 40 CFR 355 Appendices A and B.   RRT  -  Regional Response Team   S   S&M  -  Surveillance and Maintenance   SARA  -  Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. The act which reauthorized CERCLA. It also added some new titles to the Act, i.e., EPCRA.   SCAP  -  Superfund Consolidated Accomplishments Plan   SDWA  -  Safe Drinking Water Act   SEC  -  Securities and Exchange Commission   SERC  -  State Emergency Response Committee. A state organization set up by EPCRA to receive EPCRA submissions from regulated facilities, provide submitted information to the public, and organize and oversee the local emergency planning process. States vary greatly in the way the SERC responsibilities are delegated (i.e., the SERC may be part of the environmental agency, labor department, emergency response organization, the state police or some other branch of the state government).   SERI  -  Solar Energy Research Institute. This lab has be renamed NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory.   SETS  -  Site Enforcement Tracking System   SI  -  Site Inspection   SIC Code  -  Standard Industrial Classification. The SIC Codes are a system of classifying establishments according to what they do or produce. Generally a two-digit or four-digit code (the additional two digits are an expansion on the original two digits) will describe a facility, although several SIC codes may apply to the same facility if that facility performs more than one industrial function (i.e.., refining uranium (SIC Code 2819) and making warheads (SIC Code 3483)).   SIC  -  Standard Industrial Classification   SIP  -  State Implementation Plan   SLAC  -  Stanford Linear Accelerator Center   SMOA  -  Superfund Memorandum of Agreement (Between US EPA and Individual States)   SNL-CA  -  Sandia National Laboratory - Livermore   SNL-NM  -  Sandia National Laboratory - Albuquerque   SPCC  -  Plan Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan   SPR-LA  -  Strategic Petroleum Reserve - Louisiana   SPR-TX  -  Strategic Petroleum Reserve - Texas   SQG  -  Small Quantity Generator   SRS  -  Savannah River Site   SUPERFUND  -  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (see CERCLA or SARA)   SWDA  -  Solid Waste Disposal Act (see HSWA or RCRA)   SWMU  -  Solid Waste Management Unit Under RCRA   T   TBC  -  To Be Considered   TBCs  -  Other Advisories, Criteria, or Guidance To Be Considered   TC  -  Toxic Chemical. The list of TCs is found in 40 CFR 372.65. TCs are regulated under Section 313 of EPCRA.   TCA  -  Trichloroethane   TCE  -  Trichloroethylene   TCLP  -  Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure   TDS  -  Total Dissolved Solids   Threshold  -  A threshold is a quantity which represents an amount of chemical at or above which that chemical must be reported. The thresholds for Sections 302, 311, and 312 are based on the quantity of chemical present at the facility at any one time. The thresholds for Section 313 are based on the quantity of chemical used during the previous calendar year at the facility.   Tier I  -  Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory (Aggregate Information by Hazard Type).   Tier II  -  Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory (Specific Information by Chemical).   TITLE III  -  Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (or EPCRA or R-T-K)   TPQ  -  Threshold Planning Quantity. A TPQ has been assigned for each EHS. It is the threshold for Section 302 reporting and is one of the thresholds for EHSs (500 lb. is the other) for Sections 311 and 312.   TRI  -  Toxic Chemical Release Inventory. Section 313 of EPCRA, the TRI requirements, pertains to an inventory of TC releases nationwide as well as locally. The inventory is accomplished by facilities submitting copies of the Form R for each reportable TC.   TRU  -  transuranic waste   TSCA  -  Toxic Substances Control Act   TSD  -  Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (Facility)   TSS  -  Total Suspended Solids   TTO  -  Total Toxic Organics   U   UIC  -  Underground Injection Control   USGS  -  US Geological Survey   UST  -  Underground Storage Tank   UV  -  ultraviolet   V   VOC  -  Volatile organic Compound (or VOM)   VOM  -  Volatile organic Material (or VOC)   W   WIPP  -  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant   WMIS  -  Waste Management Information System   WO  -  EM's Office of Waste Operations   WQA  -  Water Quality Act of 1987 (or Clean Water Act (CWA))   WSRIC  -  Waste Stream and Residue Identification and Characterization   WVDP  -  West Valley Demonstration Project

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